Mar 8:32-33 | TNotes | STEP | 8:32 Peter understood what Jesus had said, but he did not accept it. Peter shared the popular idea that the Messiah was to be a victorious national ruler, so he thought Jesus’ talk of suffering and death was nonsense.

c2 Cor 4:4►

dMatt 4:8-10►

‏ Mark 8:32-33

8:32 ^a Peter understood what Jesus had said, but he did not accept it. Peter shared the popular idea that the Messiah was to be a victorious national ruler, so he thought Jesus’ talk of suffering and death was nonsense.
8:33 ^b Jesus looked at his disciples before he publicly rebuked Peter; he wanted them to understand that Peter was wrong.

• Get away from me, Satan does not mean that Peter was demon-possessed. Peter spoke from a human point of view, not from God’s, so he unwittingly spoke for Satan, the god of this world (2 Cor 4:4 ^c), and repeated Satan’s temptation (cp. Matt 4:8-10 ^d).